Downtown Mount Pleasant is definitely merry and bright, with the Titus County courthouse glowing from the lights, to the Christmas tree and other displays. For more photos, see page 10. TRIBUNE PHOTO / MIRANDA OGLESBY

For auto frame repair, auto glass or complete body repair, call the experts at Cliff ’s Paint and Body Shop, located at 607 N. Washington in Mount Pleasant.

The Mount Pleasant High School Tiger Dolls donated over 400 toiletry items to the MPHS Communities in Schools (CIS) for a Christmas donation drive. This is the second year the Dolls leaped at the chance to volunteer for this CIS drive.

Arrests There are 130 inmates in jail with 113 males and 17 females. Since Nov.

It definitely was a different kind of thanksgiving on the farm here at NTCC. The recently purchased breeding pair of Kune Kune pigs decided to pick Thanksgiving evening to farrow or give birth to eight healthy piglets. My family and student workers, security(Lisa and her husband), all were on hand to basically be “in the way” as Chive (mama pig) managed like a pro to have all 6 girls and 2 boys like it was an everyday event! Both breeding pigs were purchased from DEW Farms with the help of a Perkins grant. The two have quickly become a favorite part of the 20 acre Sustainable Market side of the Farm and Ranch and are providing more opportunities for our students to gain hands on experiences on a working farm.

The Community Events Calendar is published as space permits. Events will also be published on our website.

There is a gift you can give this holiday that costs nothing but time and requires no added shipping. When you give blood, you save lives by ensuring hospital patients receive the transfusions they need during the holidays and every day. All blood types are needed for a safe and sufficient blood supply. When a person donates whole blood every two months, two or three times a year, there is seldom a blood shortage. Sadly, these donors are only a fraction of those eligible to give.